Give a gift, become a friend

A donation to any account qualifies the donor as a member of the Friends of Stone Laboratory. A more detailed description of membership levels is
available here. Donors will notice that some accounts allow a choice between Immediate Use and Principal.

Immediate Expenditure Funds designated for Immediate Expenditure are not added to the Principal and are immediately available for the
intended use.Principal The Principal within endowments is never spent; the interest from the Principal is used for the intended purpose of the
endowment thereby guaranteeing expenditures from the endowment in perpetuity.

Scholarship Funds

Wilbert “Spark” Baumler Memorial Scholarship EndowmentFund used to provide financial assistance to students attending Stone Lab with first preference to studying fisheries and second
preference to Lake Erie aquatic sciences.

Kelly Prochazka Memorial Scholarship EndowmentFund used to provide financial assistance to high school students taking introductory courses at Stone Lab with first preference to students from Elyria High School and second preference to students from Lorain County.